Captain America Doesn't Like Big CGI Superhero Movies Either

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From yesterday’s Captain America #7 by J. Michael Straczynski and Carlos Magno printed by Marvel Comics…

Article Summary

Steve Rogers criticizes CGI-heavy superhero movies in Captain America #7.

J. Michael Straczynski pens the difficulty, highlighting Marvel’s self-awareness.

Steve Rogers’ expertise parallels Scorsese’s critique of contemporary cinema.

Comics cross-reference with Alan Moore’s Cinema Purgatorio for satire.

From yesterday’s Captain America #7 by J. Michael Straczynski and Carlos Magno printed by Marvel Comics, Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson sit back with a beer to get pleasure from a film. I say “enjoy”… as a result of they each have an issue with the massive superhero film CGI fests, even within the Marvel Universe.

J Michael Straczynski, people, whose Babylon 5 pioneered CGI use in tv science-fiction, and who additionally wrote the primary Thor film, in addition to effectively as Underworld: Awakening and World War Z. That retailer who complained about Captain America having comedian e-book writers standing in for the character actually hadn’t learn the present sequence. But then, Steve Rogers is 100 years previous or so. He’s the Martin Scorsese of the Marvel Universe. Martin Scorsese won’t need there to be a Martin Scorsese of the Marvel Universe, however he does not have a alternative within the matter. Clearly what Steve Rogers must do is go away the cinema behind, and head to the theatre.

Okay, possibly not. I imply, it does appear to have gone to seed considerably. Though this does really feel a bit acquainted.

It’s all all of the sudden gotten a bit Cinema Purgatorio, courtesy of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, has it not?

Well, not less than along with his new look defend, Captain America will all the time be capable of discover his seat in the dead of night.

That will not make him a goal will it? Anymore than carrying a large “A” in your brow, I imply?

CAPTAIN AMERICA #7
MARVEL COMICS
JAN240759
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Taurin Clarke
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